Honours
He has received several honorary degrees:
- Doctorate from Upsala College, New Jersey.
- Doctorate from Bishop's University, Quebec.
- Doctorate from Concordia University, Montreal.
- Doctorate from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Doctor of Laws from Trinity College, University of Toronto in 1995
- Doctor of Sacred Letters from Trinity College, University of Toronto in 2004, jointly with his wife Melanie Munk
He became Officer of The Order of Canada (Canada's highest civilian honour) in 1993 and was promoted to Companion in 2008; received The Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2002 (the first time awarded in Canada); has been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
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